Episode 92: Teen Books or "It was totally disgusting and gross and wierd. But awesome."

Click here to listen: Teen Books or "It was totally disgusting and weird and gross. But awesome!"
SHOW NOTES: 

Date Recorded: November 21, 2011


Win a free copy of The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor! Just post a comment!

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Divergent by Veronia Roth
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Scorpio Races by Maggie Steivfater
Evermore by Alyson Noel
OUR REVIEW OF Breaking Dawn the Movie

The Case of the Missing Podcast Episodes

We want to apologize for the episodes of the podcast that are missing. In our earlier days, we used a subscription to a service, Switchpod, that is no longer in existence. Switchpod migrated to another service, and we went blissfully unaware. So far, we've noticed that Episodes 3,4,5,7,9,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,25, and 26 are not available. We are in the process of getting our episodes back and we will let you know if we are successful. Thank you for listening!

As of today, our podcast had 4,178 hits! Thank you for making us feel popular, something we didn't experience so much in high school.

Beth and Cari

Episode 91: What We're Reading or "This is one of my top 3 books of this year!"

Click here to listen: What We're Reading or "This is one of my top 3 books of this year!"
SHOW NOTES: 

Date Recorded: November 21, 2011

Books We Talk About:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson

Stay tuned for our reaction to Breaking Dawn: Part 1 the movie!!! and more awesome teen book reviews.

Episode 90: Book Suggester Websites or "I swerved off the road and hit a chicken because I fell asleep"

Click here to listen: Book Suggester Website or "I swerved off the road and hit a chicken because I fell asleep"

SHOW NOTES:

Date Recorded: October 10, 2011

Books we talk about:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Postmortal by Drew Magary
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner
Bossy Pants by Tina Fey
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Room by Emma Donoghue


Websites we talk about:
Library Thing
Novelist
GoodReads 
Books and Authors
WhichBook

Episode 89: Best Blogs or "Long things I would like to share with you"

Click here to listen: Best Blogs or "Long things I would like to share with you"

SHOW NOTES:

Date Recorded: August 30, 2011

What we talk about:

Blogs

Grateful Dating

Walking Identity Crisis

Librarian Mom (used to be Hatch Adventures)

Dooce

Crockpot Lady - Stephanie O'Dea

The Meanest Mom

Because I Said So

Piling on the Books

100 Awesome Things

Not Always Right

Number One Novels

Shelf Life

The Bookcase

Taste of Twinsburg

Podcasts

Books on the Nightstand

How Stuff Works

Google Listen

Totally Rad Show

Recent Reads or "The fine line of open-ended endings"

Click here to listen: Recent Reads or "The Fine Line of Open-Ended Endings"

SHOW NOTES:

Date Recorded: August 30, 2011

What we talk about:

The Other Life by Ellen Meister
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Love of My Youth by Mary Gordon
Hotel of the Corner Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Before I Go to Sleep on S.J. Watson
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by
Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress by 
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room with a View by E.M. Forester
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin



Blog Recommendation - Piling on the Books

Summer Book or "They're definitely not cool with love in that book"

Click here to listen: Beach Books or "They're definitely not cool with love in that book"

SHOW NOTES:

Date Recorded: July 11, 2011

What we talk about:

Finishing up books for the summer. Great books to take to the beach. 

Doc by Maria Doria Russell (possible Pulitzer winner)

An Evil Eye by Jason Goodwin

Field Gray by Philip Kerr

Paris Wife by Paula McLain

The Poison Tree by William Blake

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett, read by Julia Gibson

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma
The Voyager (3rd in the Outlander Series) by Diana Gabaldon
Matched by Ally Condie
Crossed by Ally Condie (out in November)
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (Cari's TBR book)

Episode 86: To Cull, Surrender, Seek or "I Don't Read Popular Authors"

Click here to listen: Cull, Surrender, or Seek

SHOW NOTES:

Date Recorded: July 11, 2011

Cari's blog http://www.caridubiel.com/

What we talk about:

What type of reader are you? Do you only read certain genres or do you read whatever comes your way and don't bother seeking out specific titles or do you actively seek out many different genres and book to have a wide reading range? Beth and Cari talk about what type of readers they are and how to cull your digital photographs of cute kids and cats.

To Cull: cutting out certain genres that don’t interest you

To Surrender: making peace with the facts and enjoying what you can in the time that you have.

To Seek: searching for books to fill a variety of interests

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/27/137451477/you-cant-possibly-read-it-all-so-stop-trying

Episode 85: Book Stew or "Mer-vamps who drink fish blood"

Is the new teen trend mer-vamps who drink fish blood? What's up with Cari's mystery novel about her cat? What does it mean when you receive a white carnation? What books are being released into film? Does Beth really skip things in her brain? Click here to listen: Book Stew
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: June 13, 2011
BOOK GIVEAWAY! Post a comment for a chance to win a copy of The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd

What we talk about:
Stephenie Meyer's new book
Cari's book, "Murder is Pudgy"

Books that are coming to film

Cari's trip to England and subsequent reading list
The decline of Sci-Fi popularity
50 Book Challenge

Books:
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
You Suck by Christopher Moore
Evermore: The Immortals by Alyson Noel
The Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Children of Men by PD James
Connie Willis books
Octavia Butler books
The City in the City by China Meiville
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
The Carbon Diaries

Episode 84: Audiobooks or "Hi, My name is Blah Blah, and I am reading Heart of Darkness"

Beth and Cari expound on their love of audiobooks. Great books, great narrators, and more. We apologize for the sound quality of the episode as we are working with new audio software. 

Click here to listen: Audiobooks
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: June 13, 2011

Books we talk about:
Graceling by Kristen Cashore
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
The Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich with Lorelei King (narrator)
The Shack
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
After by Amy Efaw

Other Randomness:
Neil Gaiman's Audiobook Creation Exchange http://www.acx.com/

Episode 83: Books that Screwed Up the World or "You're Messing with Mother Nature, Dude"

Beth and Cari talk about the article, 6 Hugely Popular Books that Accidentally Screwed the World on Cracked.com website.

Click here to listen: Books that Screwed Up the World
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: May 9, 2011

Books we talk about:
Mein Kampf - Hitler
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Coma by Robin Cook
Plan B: A Novel by Johnathon Tropper
On the Naturalization of Useful Animals
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Fun with Dick and Jane series

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock

Other stuff we talked about:

A Modest Proposal by Johnathon Swift

Sugar: the Bitter Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Episode 82: What We're Reading , eReaders, & BookFlix

Here's what we are reading! Cari and Beth talk about eReaders and downloadable ebooks and audiobooks.
Click here to listen: What We're Reading and eReaders
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: April 3, 2011

After by Amy Efaw
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 


eReaders and Audiobooks link
BookFlix 

Episode 81: Books to Film

Check out the upcoming film adaptations of your favorite books. Listen to what Beth and Cari are excited about!
Click here to listen: Books to Film
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: March 1, 2011

Breaking Dawn - Released November 18, 2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Released December 21, 2011
Water for Elephants - April 22, 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - July 15, 2011
One for the Money - July 18, 2011
The Help - August 12, 2011
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules
Jane Eyre
Red Riding Hood
The Hobbit - December 19, 2012
The Hunger Games - March 23, 2012

Comic Book and Graphic Novel Movies:
The Dark Knight Rises
X-Men First Class
The Avengers
The Amazing Spiderman
The Green Hornet
Iron Man 3
Thor

Episode 80: Book Giveaway & Top Five Love Stories

To celebrate Valentine's Day, Beth and Cari talk about their favorite love stories. Comment for a chance to win Chocolate and Vicodin by Jennette Fulda!
Click here to listen: Love Stories
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: February 14, 2011

Here is a link to Jennette's blog: www.pastaqueen.com.

Don't miss the hilarious book trailer too! 

Episode 79: Book Challenges

Sign up for the 50 Book Challenge at the library! Visit Allyson's blog: http://pilethemon.blogspot.com. Challenge yourself this year with Beth and Cari and read more books you've been meaning to read.

Click here to listen: Reader Challenges
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: January 3, 2011

Cari's TBR Challenge List:
1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
3. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
4. Lisey's Story by Stephen King
5. I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
7. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb
8. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
9. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
10. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
11. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
12. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

Beth's TBR Challenge List:
1. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCuller (been meaning to read since my high school teacher gave it to me as a graduation present)
2. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
3. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
4.  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Catching Fire and Mockingjay (I put them in on one bc its a series)
6. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabrel Garcia Marquez
8. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
9. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
10. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
11. The Anne of Green Gable's series
12. Middlemarch by George Eliot

Episode 78: Best Books of 2010 and New Year's Resolutions

We're BACK! Beth is back from maternity leave yet again and we are planning on doing at least two podcasts a month, so we hope you'll all stay tuned. Sign up for the 50 Book Challenge at the library! Cari beat the challenge almost three times over by reading 147 books last year!

Click here to listen: Best Books of 2010
SHOW NOTES:
Date Recorded: January 3, 2011

Books We Read in 2010 (not necessarily published last year though)
Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
Matched by Ally Condie FIND YOUR OPTIMAL MATCH!
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater - Book 1
Linger by Maggie Steifvater - Book 2
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Graceling by Kristin Cashore